Coin-safe.



PATENTBD NOV. 20, 1906.

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PATENTED N 0V.'20, 1906.

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UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER T. GORDON, OF JUNIPER, OREGON, ASSIGNOR WALTER G. MOORE, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed February 5,1906. Serial No. 299.544.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER T. GORDON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of thereto. Juniper, in the county of Umatilla and StateAs shown in the drawings, Figure 1 is a side of Oregon, have inventedcertain new and elevation of a safe made in accordance with usefulImprovements in Coin-Safes; and I do my invention. *igs. 2 and 3 areside elevahereby declare that the following is a full, I tions of thetwo members of the safe. Fig. 4 clear, and exact description thereof,referis an edge view thereof. Fig. 5 illustrates ence being had to theaccompanying drawy the locking-lug for locking the two parts of ings,and to the letters of reference marked 1 the safe together. Fig.thereon, which form a part of this specificay parts slightly separated.Fig. 7 is a detail i rivet that extends through registering apertures inthe two members or parts attached tiOIlillustrating a spring-guard forpreventing the This invention relates to a novel coin-safe removal ofthe coins through the c0in-receivof that class designed to receive andhold ing slot. Fig. 8 illustrates one form of deportable vice forlocking the parts together or sealing the same. Fig. 9 is a sideelevation, partially broken away, of the. safe, showing another mode offastening the members thereof together. Fig. 10 is a section taken online 10 10 of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a side view, partially broken away,showing another form of safe. Fig. 12 is an edge elevation thereof. Fig.13 is an axial section. Figs. 14 and 15 are inner face views of the twomembers of the safe shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 16 is a detail section takenthrough the telescopic members of the safe, showing the manner oflocking the same. Figs. 17 and 18 are fragmentary views illustrating thecoacting interlocking connections of the two members of the casing. Fig.19 is a detail sectlon illustrating the spring-guard for preventing theremoval of the coins through the coin-receiving slot.

The safe shown in Fig. 1 comprises two side members A and B, madeconcave or cupshaped and adapted to meet at their margins with theirconcave sides facing each other to form the coin-receiving chamber. Aslot C is provided, located, as shown in Fig. 4, at the edge of thecase, to receive the coins. The said members A and B are provided attheir margins with iriwardly-turned lugs a b, and the lugs of one memberare designed to interlock with the lugs of the other member to hold themembers from separation. Such interlocking of the marginal lugs of themembers may be effected in any suitable manner. As herein shown, theinterlocking connections are such that the members are locked togetherand released by relative rotation of said members.

coins and commonly known as saving-banks.

My improvements are designed more specifically for embodiment in thatclass of coin safes which are given out by banking institutions to theircustomers and when filled or partially filled are returned to thebanking institution, the safe opened, and the coins therein withdrawnfor the purpose of depositing the same in the bank. The said safes aregiven out by the banking institution closed and locked by means notreadily opened by the customer, so as to insure that the safes will bereturned to the bank for opening in the ordinary use of the same. Whileadapted to the purpose described, a safe embodying my invention may alsobe employed as an individual safe for private use.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of suchsafes, to economize in the cost of their production, to simplify theoperation of opening and closing them, and to provide a safe that isexceedingly convenient to handle and carry.

The safe herein shown, embodying my invention, comprises a casingembracing two separable cup-shaped members adapted to be broughttogether at their margins to inclose the coin-receiving chamber andprovided with marginal interlocking devices so constructed as to bereadily separable, while eflectively holding the side members fromseparation, and said temporary fastening devices are combined with meansfor sealing or permanently fastening said members together, whichlocking means are capable of being released only by a special instrumentor tool provided for the same. The locking means herein shown consistsof a tubular For this purpose said lugs are slitted inwardly from theirends, as shown at a b, and the parts a b of said lugs radially insidethe slits are turned outwardly be- OF ONE-HALF TO.

6 illustrates the same dled.

yond the planes of the margins of said members, as most clearly shown inFig. 6. In this manner the advance ends of said lugs, considered withrespect to the direction of rotation of the lugs when brought togetherin interlocking relation, are out of line with each other, as shown insaid Fig. 6, so that the slitted ends of the lugs readily pass intotheir interlocking positions, as best shown in Fig. 6. Relative rotationof said parts, therefore, interlocks or releases said members.

The means for permanently sealing or look ing the members togetherconsist, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 and Fig. 8, of a rivet D, Fig. 8, madehollow and provided at one end with a head d, and said rivet is insertedthrough registering apertures a b of lugs A B, extending radiallyoutwardly, respectively, from the members A and B. The said lugs'or carsA B fit together when the marginal lugs of the members are interlockedto form a stem or handle by which the device may be hanen said membersare placed to gether at their margins and before they are rotated tointerlock the marginal lugs thereof, the lugs or cars A B are separatedangularly, as indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The rivet D when made hollow affords when the safe is sealed thereby inthe manner described an opening be suspended or may be attached to awatchchain or the like. It will be observed that the configuration .Ofthe assembled safe is generally like that of a watch, and said safe maybe conveniently carried in the pocket as a watch. The said rivet D isadapted to be upset by the use of a special tool to lock the lugs A B ofthe members of the casing together and is cut away or removed by meansof another suitable tool or instrument. WVhen the safe is used by thedepositors of a banking institution, said safe is sealed when it isfirst given out to the depositor by the clerk having the same in charge,and the seal is broken, so as to open the bank, when the safe isreturned filled, by the receiving teller or other peson. But a singleset of opening and closing instruments is required by each receivingteller for any number of safes which may be presented to him for depositof the contents thereof. Said opening and closing instruments mayconveniently have the form of an ordinary ticket-punch, being providedwith suitable cutting or upsetting dies, as required. v

A spring-guard E is provided, which is located beneath thecoin-receiving slot Oin such manner as to permit the insertion of acoin, while preventing its removal through said slot. The guard is madeof thin spring metal and, as herein shown, is attached at one end to theinner face of the member B. It is slitted laterally just inside itspoint of attachment and turned obliquely outwardly by which the safe mayfrom the face of the member to which it is attached, so as to bring itobliquely beneath the slot 0, as shown in made light, so that the coinmay pass readily between'the inner edge thereof and the member to whichit is attached; but the oblique position of the spring prevents thecoins passing outwardly through the slot.

n advantage of the construction of. the marginal fastening devices shownin Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, is that the two members of the case may bemade exact duplicates, thereby greatly economizing the cost of producingthe same.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown a modified form of the means forfastening or sealing the members of the casing. As shown in thesefigures, but one of the n1embersthe member A, as shown-is provided withan inwardlydirected lug A that fits flat against the inner curved faceof the member B, and said lug A and side member B are provided withregistering apertures adapted to receive a fastening-rivet D, as shownmore clearly in Fig. 10.

In this. form of the device the member A of the case is provided with anenlarged opening a through which a part of the device for upsetting thebe inserted when the safe is to be sealed or opened.

The form of safe shown in Figs. 11. to 19, both inclusive, comprises twoside members F and G, which are provided'at their margins with annularrims f g, which fit together in overlapping relation when the side.members of the case are brought together. The said side members areformed to provide between the sides of the casing and the rims thereofhollow beads f g, as clearly shown in Figs. 17 and 18. One of themembersthe mem- Fig. 7. The spring is rivet or removing same may I ber Gas herein shownis provided in its rim with a plurality ofoutwardly-offset portions 9 thereby producing on its inner surface aplurality of recesses 9 which extend from the margin. of the rim 9 tothe annular groove or space 9 inclosed by the hollow bead 9, referredto. The rimf of the other member is provided at its margin with a likenumber of outwardly-turned lugs f which are adapted when the passthrough the recesses 9 into the annular space or groove 9 When saidmembers are thus brought together, they are rotated relatively to eachother, so as to move said lugs angularly out of line with the recesses,and thereby lock the members from lateral separation. Such lockedpositions of the members are indicated in Fig. 16. This form of safe isalso provided with radially-extending lugs F G, which fit together whenthe marginal locking devices are interlocked to form a stem or handle,and said lugs F G are adapted to be locked or sealed by means of therivet D, before referred to, extending through registering apertures f gof said IIO lugs. The rims f g are provided with slots, which arebrought to register to constitute a coin-receiving slot H. A guard I isprovided bers, apertured lugs extending radially from the margins ofsaid members, and locking means extending through the apertures ofinside the case in position to prevent the i said lugs.-

esoape of coins through the slot H, said guard I being attached to themember F of the case, as shown in Fig. 14..

In the event of the coin-safe being used as a private safe and designedto be opened by the user a form of sealing device may be em ployedadapted for more ready manipulation to open and close the safe.Moreover, the form of the marginal interlocking lugs and the manner oftheir cooperation may varied within the limits of the claims withoutdeparture from the spirit of the invention.

I claim as my invention- 5. A coin-safe provided with a coin-receivingslot and comprising two cup-shaped members facing with their concavesides toward each other and provided with marginal locking devicesadapted to be interlocked and released by relative rotation of saidmembers, apertured lugs extending radially from the margins of saidmembers, and a hollow rivet adapted to pass through the apertures of be1 said lugs.

6. A coin-safe provided with a coin-receivl ing slot and comprising twolaterally-separable cup-shaped members adapted to be 1.. A coin-safeprovided with a coin-receivbrought together with their concave facestothe same from separation, said members being provided with registeringapertures, and handle for the device,

a locking device adapted to extend through extending through saidregistering apertures.

said apertures.

ing slot and comprising two cup shaped members facing with their concavesides toward each other, locking devices on the margins of said membersadapted to be brought together in interlocking relation, apertured lugsextending radially outwardly from the margins of said members andfitting together to form a handle or stem for the device and lockingmeans extending through the apertures of said lugs.

3. A coin-safe provided with a coin-receiving slot and comprising twocup-shaped members adapted to be brought together with their concavesides facing each. other, interlocking parts on the margins of saidmembers adapted to be locked by relative rotation of said members, andmeans for locking the members from rotation.

4. A coin-safe provided with a coin-receiving slot and comprising twocup shaped members facing with their concave sides toward each other andprovided with marginal locking devices adapted to be interlocked andreleased by relative rotation of saidimem- 7. A coin-safe provided witha coin-recervand comprising two laterallyseparable cup-shaped memb ersfacing with their concave sides toward each other, marginal lockingdevices for holding the members from separation, and a hollow rivetcooperating with said marginal locking devices for locking said memberstogether.

8. A coin-safe provided with a coin-receiving slot and comprising twocup shaped members facing with their concave sides toward each other andprovided with marginal locking devices adapted to be interlocked andreleased by relative rotation of said members, apertured lugs extendingradially from the margins of said members, and locking means extendingthrough the apertures of said lugs, said members being made duplicateparts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 affix mysignature, in presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of January,

G. R. WILKINS.

